The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

The Blackwater Shark Clan, like demons from the deep sea, rose up in the depths of the East Sea.

The members of their tribe resemble sharks, but possess three pairs of dark, bony fins. They move with lightning speed, capable of tearing through space and traversing the deep sea with ease. They feed on the inner cores of other sea spirits, and are particularly covetous of the Xuan'ao tribe's "Undying Tide Pearl."

The clan leader, "Xuan Sha," has reached the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm. He has seven elders under his command who are at the Nascent Soul stage and are skilled at using the "Black Water Soul Devouring Array" to trap enemies.

This formation requires seven elders to use their own blood essence as a catalyst to summon the deep sea black water to form a barrier. Within the barrier, not only will the cultivator's spiritual power be continuously eroded, but it will also interfere with Xuan'ao Cangyuan's perception of the power of the tides.

It has repeatedly joined forces with other sea forces to launch surprise attacks on the Xuan'ao tribe's habitat like ghosts, becoming Xuan'ao Cangyuan's most troublesome enemy.

The Great Elder of the Sea Demons was as cold and aloof as an iceberg, his gaze as sharp as a cold star as he coldly looked at the crowd. "Hmph, a bunch of ignorant fools. Do they think they can act with impunity just because they have Yinglong? Today, I will definitely bring this Yinglong back to the Sea Demon Clan and make it our powerful tool."

Having said that, it stretched out its huge claws, as hard as steel, and pounced on the Dragon Cloud Python like a hungry tiger.

Long Yunmang's eyes widened in fury, and its wings spread out like raging flames as it charged forward like a war god.

At the same time, Yu Shuheng and Su Xiaoya were not idle either. They each displayed their unique abilities and rushed towards the Great Elder of the Sea Demon like shooting stars, launching a fierce attack.

The golden dragon transformed into a dazzling golden light, rushing into the battlefield like a sharp arrow and joining the fight.

In an instant, the sea changed color, as if the heavens and earth were shaken. Various magical lights, as dazzling and colorful as fireworks, intertwined, dazzling the eyes.

Relying on its newly acquired power, Long Yunmang engaged in a thrilling and fierce battle with the Sea Demon Elder, like two peerless ferocious beasts fighting to the death.

Yu Shuheng and Su Xiaoya exchanged a glance, and Yu Shuheng went straight to face the "Black Water Soul Devouring Array" set up by the seven Nascent Soul stage elders.

Su Xiaoya then went to greet the cultivators from the East Sea.

The Golden Dragon made full use of the Dragon Soul's advantages, sneaking up on the Sea Demon Elder like a ghost from time to time, making it impossible for him to defend against.

deep sea.

Xuan'ao Cangyuan stared at the water's surface, lost in thought.

Should he make a move?

Xuan'ao Cangyuan and Heishui Xuanjiao Xuansha can be considered arch-enemies.

The inky abyss deep in the East China Sea has always been a forbidden zone for life.

Ten thousand meters below the surface of the sea, there is no light of day. Only a few phosphorescent fish and shrimp swim by, leaving fleeting pale blue trails. But when they touch a patch of flowing black mist, they instantly turn into dust and disappear into the water.

That was the territory of the Blackwater Shark Clan. Now, this deadly territory is slowly spreading towards the shallow sea as the clan rises.

The figures of the Blackwater Shark Clan members appear and disappear in the dark water. Their bodies combine the streamlined ferocity of sharks with the eeriness of reptiles, covered with dark scales that gleam with a metallic sheen. Each scale has barbs along its edge, and when they swim, they cut through the seawater, creating tiny black ripples.

Most terrifying are the three pairs of jet-black bony fins on its back. When the fins are spread out, they resemble sharp scythes, with twisted spatial fluctuations swirling around their tips. With just a slight tremor of the fins, the surrounding seawater will form vortex-like spatial rifts.

The Blackwater Shark Clan uses this ability to tear through space to move freely in the deep sea at lightning speed. Often, before their prey even realizes what's happening, their sharp snouts have already torn off their scales and snatched out their inner core.

"Clan Chief, the Tide Sacred Land of the Xuan'ao Clan has reached the time of the full moon once again."

A slender Xuanjiao elder swam up to the clan leader, Xuan Sha, and respectfully bowed his head, his eyes gleaming with greedy red light. "The scouts report that that old codger Cang Yuan has been reinforcing the holy land's barrier recently, probably because he's afraid we'll launch another sneak attack."

Xuan Sha slowly swayed its ten-zhang-long body. Its scales were darker than those of other Xuan Sha, almost black, and its three pairs of bony fins still bore traces of dark red blood from the last battle.

As a powerful being who had reached the middle stage of the Mahayana realm, the seawater around it seemed to have solidified into solid black crystals, and every breath it took could cause the surrounding sea to tremble.

"The more Cangyuan guards against it, the more it shows that the 'Undying Tide Pearl' is about to mature." Xuan Sha's voice was as deep and muffled as a deep-sea volcano erupting.

"Last time, when we joined forces with the Crimson Scale Clan to launch a sneak attack, if it weren't for that old man using his own blood essence to activate the power of the tides, we would have succeeded long ago. This time... the seven elders will accompany me to set up the 'Black Water Soul Devouring Array' and we must seize that bead!"

The seven seventh-level elders responded in unison, and black mist began to appear around their bodies. It was black water condensed from their own essence and blood. With just one command from Xuan Sha, it could instantly form a deadly formation to trap a Mahayana cultivator.

The Blackwater Shark Clan's figures gradually disappeared into the dark fog of the deep sea, leaving only a black trail as they sped towards the Xuan'ao Clan's habitat—a bloody battle concerning the survival of both clans was about to erupt on the East Sea.

At this moment, the Xuan'ao Clan's Tide Holy Land was shrouded in a soft blue light.

In the central tidal pool of the sacred land, a bead the size of a fist floats on the water's surface. Silver-white patterns flow across the bead's surface, and each pulsation resonates with the surrounding seawater. That bead is the Xuan'ao Clan's treasure, the "Undying Tide Bead."

The bead can absorb the power of the tides between heaven and earth, which can not only nourish the cultivation of the Xuan'ao clan members, but also transform into a protective barrier in times of crisis to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

The Xuan'ao Clan Chief Cang Yuan sat cross-legged beside the Tide Pool. Its body was as large as a small mountain, and its carapace was covered with ancient patterns, each pattern shimmering with a pale blue light.

As a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm, Cang Yuan could clearly sense the fluctuations in the surrounding sea. When that familiar, blood-stained black fluctuation gradually approached, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"Oh no, it's that Xuan Sha guy!" Cang Yuan suddenly stood up, and the patterns on his back armor instantly lit up. "Disciples of the clan, listen to my command! Immediately activate the power of the tides to reinforce the holy land's barrier!"

Members of the Xuan'ao Clan responded enthusiastically, leaping into the tidal pool and infusing their spiritual power into the water. Instantly, huge ripples spread across the pool, and a pale blue, transparent barrier rose from the surface, enveloping the entire sacred land.

However, just as the barrier was taking shape, the sky suddenly darkened, and a thick black mist rose from the sea, rapidly spreading across the entire holy land. From within the mist came Xuan Sha's deep laughter: "Cang Yuan, let's see who can save you this time! Seven elders, form the array!"

Seven Nascent Soul stage Blackwater Shark elders emerged from the black mist, each occupying one of the seven directions: east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, and northwest. They chanted obscure incantations, and the black water around them instantly gushed out, transforming into seven black water dragons that rushed towards the central barrier.

Black water dragons converged in mid-air, forming a massive black array. The space within the array began to distort, and fine cracks gradually appeared on the surface of the pale blue barrier under the erosion of the array—the "Black Water Soul Devouring Array" finally unfolded above the East Sea.

"Cang Yuan, your tidal barrier is nothing but a thin sheet of paper in front of the 'Black Water Soul Devouring Array'." Xuan Sha's figure appeared in the center of the array. It looked at Cang Yuan inside the barrier, its eyes full of smugness. "If you know what's good for you, hand over the 'Undying Tide Pearl' and I might spare your Xuan Ao Clan's life. Otherwise... today is the day your Xuan Ao Clan will be wiped out!"

Cang Yuan let out a furious snort, like a thunderclap, shaking the void and making the patterns on his back armor shimmer even more brightly: "Xuan Sha, don't be delusional! The Undying Tide Pearl is the foundation of my Xuan Ao clan. Even if I am shattered to pieces, I will never let you succeed!"

After speaking, Cang Yuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of essence blood towards the sky like a volcanic eruption. The essence blood fell into the tide pool like a fire dragon, instantly stirring up a huge wave in the pool. The silver-white patterns on the surface of the Undying Tide Pearl lit up like lightning, and the cracks on the barrier began to slowly repair themselves like silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

Ultimately, under Cang Yuan's leadership, the Xuan'ao Clan successfully withstood the combined attack of Xuan Sha and the 'Black Water Soul Devouring Array'.

Unfortunately, Cang Yuan's cultivation level, like the setting sun, also dropped to the early stage of the Mahayana realm.

"I've heard that Xuan Sha still possesses a magical treasure called the 'Dingxi Golden Cup.' If he comes with this treasure next time, we may be plunged into an abyss of no return." The Xuan Ao Clan's Grand Elder looked at Cang Yuan, whose face was as pale as paper, and the wrinkles between his brows deepened as if they had been carved by a knife.

"This matter indeed urgently needs to be resolved." The Second Elder was also deeply worried.

Offense is the best form of defense.

After much agonizing thought, Cang Yuan resolutely decided to steal the "Dingxi Flowing Gold Cup" alone.

Now, he is like a candle flickering in the wind, powerless to resist the fierce attacks of Xuan Sha.

How many people will actually offer help after you send out a distress message?

It is better to ask for yourself than for others.

In the end, Cang Yuan made up his mind—success or failure hinged on this gamble.

The "Dingxi Gilded Cup" was meticulously crafted by the "Dinghai God" in ancient times.

Its overall color is bronze, resembling an indestructible fortress. The body of the cup is engraved with reverse tide patterns, like a nimble water snake. It is only the size of a palm, but it contains the power of space and water stabilization that can destroy the world. It is a supreme treasure that is specifically designed to counter tide-based techniques.

That is, to restrain Cangyuan.

This is also why Xuan Sha targets Cang Yuan at every turn.

Squeeze the softest persimmons.

Who could have imagined that the Blackwater Xuanjiao Clan would obtain the divine artifact specifically designed to counter Cangyuan's techniques—the "Dingxi Liujin Cup"?

Of course, before the Blackwater Shark Clan grew stronger, not a single word of it was spread.

When the "Tide-Stabilizing Gilded Cup" is activated, it releases the "Gilded Tide-Stabilizing Field," which forcibly reverses the tide flow within its range, preventing Xuan'ao Cangyuan's "Eternal Tide Scripture" from absorbing the power of the tides, and may even cause the "Eternal Tide Pearl" within his body to become disordered.

In addition, the cup can store "Sea-Stabilizing Divine Water", which, when splashed out, can instantly freeze the Xuanjia runes of Xuan'ao Cangyuan, preventing him from using "Xuanjia Sea-Stabilizing Technique" and "Ten Thousand Pattern Spirit-Breaking Thorn".

Currently, this secret treasure is hidden in the "Mysterious Water Temple" of the Blackwater Xuanjiao Clan, and it is Xuan Sha's greatest reliance in fighting against Xuan Ao Cang Yuan.

After learning that the Dingxi Golden Cup was hidden in the Xuanshui Temple, Xuan'ao Cangyuan did not act rashly. It knew that the Blackwater Xuanjiao Clan had set up the "Soul-Devouring Blackwater Array" outside the temple, and Xuan Sha was also in charge. If it forced its way in, it would only be put on the defensive because the power of the tide would be suppressed.

It first dived into the deepest part of the East Sea, the "Source of Tides," and bound the indestructible Tide Pearl in its body to the power of the source. Although it could not completely counteract the restraint of the Tide-Fixing Golden Cup, it could retain 30% of its spiritual power when suppressed.

Subsequently, it summoned the "Ink Sea Dragon Turtle" clan, which had once received favors from the Xuan'ao Clan, and had them disguise themselves as migrating sea spirits to create a disturbance fifty miles outside the temple, attracting the attention of the three seventh-level elders at the array's core.

The moment a crack appeared in the formation, Xuan'ao Cangyuan, like a nimble dragon, quickly shrank its massive body—though still over ten feet tall, it resembled a miniature mountain.

Cangyuan used its hard carapace to withstand the remaining elders' jet-black water attacks, and then shot straight into the main hall of the temple like an arrow.

Xuan Sha had been waiting there for a long time. As soon as it entered, it activated the Dingxi Liujin Cup without hesitation. The reversed patterns on the cup instantly lit up, like twinkling stars in the night sky. The tidal power in the hall surged back like a raging wave. Xuan Ao Cangyuan's Xuanjia runes also began to dim and lose their luster, as if their life force had been drained.

At the critical moment, Xuan'ao Cangyuan opened its blood-red maw and spewed out a "source water line" like the source of the tide. This water line was like a sharp sword, piercing straight towards the gilded tide-stabilizing field.

Although stubbornly blocked by the gilded tidal field, it still caused a tiny crack to appear on the cup, just like a crack on porcelain, which was shocking.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, it activated the "Myriad Pattern Spirit-Piercing Thorn". This thorn was like thousands of lightning bolts, but instead of attacking Xuan Sha, it rained down on the "Mysterious Crystal Pillar" on the top of the hall - this is the core of the temple's spiritual power!

The moment the crystal pillar shattered, the Soul-Devouring Black Water Array was like a punctured balloon, completely losing its effectiveness. The power of the Tide-Stabilizing Golden Cup also deflated like a punctured balloon, decreasing by 30%.

Upon seeing this, Xuan Sha was instantly enraged, like a mad lion, and pounced forward with the Dingxi Golden Cup in his hand.

Xuan'ao Cangyuan was not afraid at all. It suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence containing endless life force and used a secret technique to instantly increase its cultivation. Its body expanded rapidly like an inflated balloon, returning to a huge shape like a small mountain.

It unleashed the "Mysterious Armor Sea-Stabilizing Technique," a technique that, like Mount Tai crushing an egg, firmly pressed the Mysterious Demon against the stone pillars inside the hall. At the same time, it extended its thick claws and firmly gripped the Dingxi gilded cup.

Just as the cup was about to be taken away, the roar of the Blackwater Shark Clan reinforcements suddenly came from outside the hall. The sound was deafening, as if it would tear the entire seabed apart.

Xuan'ao Cangyuan dared not linger for a moment. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed the gilded cup into his stomach. Then, like a cannonball, he crashed through the temple wall and sped towards the source of the tide.

At this moment, the Dingxi Golden Cup within its body remained like a restless bomb, subtly causing trouble.

Xuan Sha, with reinforcements, relentlessly pursued them, and a thrilling deep-sea chase over the secret treasure officially began.